Tile-work



novel features hereinafter described, illuscan be safely driven inwithout danger of NETE"TATESM FFICEE LATENT TILE-WORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,501, dated J 1.1116 4, 1895.

Application filed November 16 1894- Serial No. 529,032- (No model.) I

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, DICK N. LANYON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile-Work, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My presentinvention has relation more particularly to that class of tile Work designed for facing the walls of' buildings, an example of this type of tile-work being illustrated in Letters Patent No. 466,742, granted to me J anuary 5, 1892. It has been heretofore customary, as shown by my aforesaid Letters Patent, to construct facing tiles, as they are frequently called, with side and end flanges projecting inwardly from the back of the tilebody, these flanges being set in such position with respect to the side and ends of the tile as to insure the interlocking of adjoining tiles when placed in position for use. A difflculty encountered in the attachment of this class of. tiles to the walls of buildings is that when nails are driven through the tiles or their flanges there is danger of breakingthe tiles, even it the nail-holes have been previously formed, because it is difficult even for experienced workmen to determine to what extent the nails breaking the tiles.

My present invention has primarily for its object to provide a tile'of such'improved construction that it can be readily attached to the walls of the building without the necessity of the workman driving nails through the tiles or their @flanges'and thereby endanger their breakage and fnyinvention has further for its object to provide improved means whereby the tiles can be secured to the walls of the buildings.

To this-end my invention consists in the trated in the accompanying drawings, and particnlarlypointed out in the claims at the end of this-specification.

Figure 1 is a view in vertical section through a part of the building-wall having my tilework applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the front of one of my improved the building. zontal flange b is provided with holes 0' of :propersize to receive the ends of suspension tiles. Fig. 3 is a perspective view from "the rear of the tile shown vin Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a View in vertical section'showin g my tile-work applied to metallic lathing. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing corner tile set in position.-' Fig. 6 is a perspjective view of acorner of the building faced with my improved tilework, the corner tiles being of modified construction. Figs. 7 andSare perspective views of a window-casing tile embodying my invention. Fig. 9 is a view in horizontal section taken at line 9 9 of Fig. 6.

The wall A of the building is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings as formed of wooden sheeting but it will be understood of course that my improved tile-work can be attached to buildings, the walls of which are formed of brick, stone or other suitable material.

B designates the tiles with which the building is to be faced, each of these tiles comprising a body from the back of which extend the The top and bottom flanges b and b are provided with a series of holes 0 adapted to receive the upturned ends cl of suspension hooks D, the bodies of these hooks being preferably pointed or threaded to enter the walls A of In like manner also the horihooksD, and this flange 6 serves the further purpose of giving such strength to the body of the tile that all danger of its becoming warped or broken in thebaking operation or in handling, is avoided. v

i In the preferred form of my invention the top flange'b extends beyond the upper edge of the tile-body B, while the bottom flange b terminates at a short distance inside the edge of the tile-body so that when the tiles B are set one upon the other as shown, the top flange b of one tile will come close to the bottom flange b of the next superposed tile. I prefer however that the top flange b of each tile shall not project beyond the edge of the tile-body as far as the bottom flange is located inside the bottom edge of the tile-body,

the purpose of this arrangement being to form a space for a cement filling E between the flanges of the tile when the edges of the tiles are set together as shown. In like manner the end flanges b and b are arranged in offset relation to the body of the tile, that is to say, the flange b at one end of the tile will terminate at a distance inside the adjacent edge of the tile while the flange b at the opposite end of the tile will project beyond the edge of the tile as more particularly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The holes 0 that are formed in the top and bottom flanges of the tiles are arranged at such points in the flanges as to come coincident when the tiles are setin position for use, and hence the suspension hooks that pass through the top flange of one tile will enter the holes in the bottom flange of the abutting tile above it.

In attaching the tiles to the walls of buildings the workman will first secure to the walls suspension hooks D at proper points and with their upturned ends d at such distance from the face of the wall as to permit the tile flanges to be readily set over the hooks. By this means all danger of breaking the tiles incident to driving nails therethrough, is avoided.

My purpose in providing the top and bottom flanges b and b and the horizontal flange b with a number of holes is to insure the more ready attachment of the tiles to the building-wall and it is obvious that since it might be diiflcult to locate the hooks D at certain points of the walls, still if a number of holes are provided in the flanges 19,19 and b the hooks can be located at any points that will bring them in position to engage any of such holes. Moreover, by providing a series of holes in the top and bottom flanges b and b the cement filling E that is placed between the flanges is more firmly bound by reason of its setting within these holes and around the suspension hooks.

In addition to the holes in the top and bottom flanges b and l) of the tile, I prefer to form similar holes 0 in the end flanges b and 19 since the cement that is placed between the end flanges of abutting tiles will enter these holes and thus more securely lock the tiles together.

In Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings I have shown the bottom series of tiles as of somewhat diflerent shape, being provided with the curved bottom flange F of more or less ornamental outline and of somewhat greater depth than the upper flange b in order to give an incline to the outer face of the tile-body, but this form of tile F has its flanges provided with holes to admit the ends of suspension hooks as in the form hereinbefore described.

In setting the tiles in place, the workman will first attach to the building-wall a series of suspension hooks D and over the ends of these hooks will place the flanges of the bottom tiles F. The suspension hooks D will be of such length as to project through and beyond the top flanges of the bottom tiles and over the projecting ends of these suspension books will be set the bottom flanges of the next superposed row of tiles as clearly seen in Fig.1. Preferably a layer of cement E will be placed between the top and bottom flanges of each row of tiles and asimilar layer of cement will be placed between the abutting end flanges of the tiles and this cement setting within the holes formed in the tile flanges, will serve not merely to exclude wind and waterbut will aid in more firmly uniting the tiles together and holding them upon the suspension hooks D. Before the next row of tiles is placed in position upon the bottom set of tiles the workman will locate the suspension hooks D that are to pass through the flanges oi such tiles. It is not essential, although preferable, that hooks should be provided for the horizontal flanges b of the tiles.

It will thus be seen that by my invention I provide a simple and effective means whereby the tiles may be quickly and seen rely attached to the walls of a building and without danger of breaking the tiles, such as exists when the attachment of the tiles is effected by driving nails therethrough.

When myimproved tilesare used for facing the walls of buildings that are covered with a metal lathing, I prefer to attach the tiles in position as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the draw ings. In this form of the invention the fastener consists simply of pieces of wire that pass through coincident holes in the top and bottom flanges of adjoining tiles and through meshes or openings formed in the lathing, the ends of the wire D being twisted in order to firmly retain the tiles in position. It is manifest, however, that both in the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 and that shown in Fig. 4, the suspension hooks D in the one instance, and the wires D in the other, constitute fasteners that not only serve to secure the tiles to the wall of the building but also firmly unite the tiles together.

It is obvious that my invention may be embodied not merely in the tiles that are used upon the faces of the building-walls, but as well also at the corners or other angles of the walls. Thus for example, in Fig. 5 of the drawings I have shown one form of corner tile G embodying my invention. This corner tile G differs from the tile B only in the particular that about one-third the tile extends at right angles to the remainder of the tile-bod y. The inner face of the corner tile G is provided with inwardly projecting top, bottom and end flanges like those of the tile B and if desired also with horizontal and vertical flanges similar to the flanges of the tile B hereinbefore described. By this form of tile, joints will be broken at the corner or angles of the buildings or other points where tiles of this character can be effectively employed.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of corner tile I-I embodying my invention. This corner tile H will have its inher face formed with the inwardly projecting top, bottom and end flanges extending correspondingly with the several flanges of the tile 13 hereinbefore described and if desired also flanges corresponding to the flanges b and b of the tile B may be extended across the body of the tile H in order to give greater strength thereto. The tiles H will have their top and bottom flanges provided with holes to receive suspensionhooks in order to securely retain them in position, and it will be understood that the side flanges of the corner tiles will be arranged as counterparts to the end flanges of the abutting tiles B so as to properly interlock with these tiles as shown in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the drawings I have illustrated aform of tile K adapted for use about the window or door-openings of the building. This tile K is similarin construction to the corner tile H,being provided with top, bottom and end flanges k, k and k similar to the flanges of the tile B illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings; the top and bottom flanges and preferably also the end flanges being provided with holes for the admission of supension hooks. Preferably also this tile K will be formed with an outwardly projecting flange or lip lo at one side adapted to be covered by a piece of quarter-round tile M in order to protect the ends of the tile-work and more securely retain the tiles in position. The tiles K are shown as having one of their flanges flush with the body of the tile where such body abuts against the casing N of the window, the flange at the opposite side of the tile-body projecting in such manner as to interlock with the adjoining tile B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 7 Patent, is-

1. A tile provided at its back with top and bottom inwardly projecting flanges extending lengthwise thereof and provided with vertically arranged holes to admit suspension hooks or fasteners, substantially as described.

2. A tile provided at its back with top and bottom and end flanges projecting inwardly around the tile body and provided also at its back with a flange intermediate the top and bottom flanges, said top and bottom flanges and said intermediate flange having holes to admit suspension hooks or fasteners, substantially as described.

3. A tile having its back provided at one side with an inwardly projecting flange extending beyond the edge and at its opposite side with an inwardly projecting flange located inside the edge of the tile body, said flanges having holes to receive fasteners, substantially as described.

4. The combination, of a series of tiles having inwardly projecting flanges provided with coincident holes and fasteners extending through said coincidentholes and serving to securely retain the tiles together, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a suitable backing, of a series of tiles provided with inwardly projecting flanges having coincident holes and fasteners extending through said coincident holes and secured to the backing, sub stantially as described.

- DICK N. LANYON. Witnesses: v

FRED GERLACH,

ALBERTA ADAMIOK. 

